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Chip Johannessen Inks Overall Deal With 20th TV, Upped To EP On ‘Homeland’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday June 14, 2012 @ 10:18am PDTTags: 20th Century Fox Televsion, Chip Johannessen, Homeland
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Homeland co-executive producer Chip Johannessen has signed a two-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV, whose cable division Fox 21 produces the hot Showtime drama. Under the pact, Johannessen will continue on Homeland, where he will be upped to executive producer for the upcoming second season. He also will develop new projects for cable and broadcast.

Johannessen, who was an executive producer on Fox’s 24 alongside Homeland creators/executive producers Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, served as showrunner of Showtime’s flagship drama Dexter before segueing to Homeland, which was successfully paired with Dexter for its launch. “Chip is a true cable voice,” said Fox 21 president Bert Salke, who had pursued Johannessen for development for a while. “He is irreplaceable on (Homeland); he is a key member and a backbone of the writing group and has become more active in showrunner duties.” ICM-repped Johannessen has written key episodes from Homeland‘s first season, including the explosive season finale. The pact with Johannessen comes on the heels of an overall deal for Gansa as 20th TV and Fox 21 are looking to keep intact what Salke called a “murderers’ row” of writers on the show, all of whom have showrunner experience: Gordon, Gansa, Johannessen, Alexander Cary, Meredith Stiehm and Henry Bromell. “That list sounds ridiculous; I haven’t seen a staff like that in the last 15 years,” said Salke, adding that the studio hopes to be working with them “for a long, long time.”

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WGAW: Comcast Aims “To Destroy Unions”

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday February 20, 2011 @ 3:11pm PSTTags: Chip Johannessen, Comcast, Comcast Labor Relations, Comcast WGA Impass, Comcast WGA Union Organizing, Comcast-NBCU Merger, Labor Relations, Movies, Patric Verrone, Sid Sheinberg, TV, Universal, WGA, WGAW, WGAW Board of Directors

WGAW Board Members Chip Johannessen and Patric Verrone have issued a strongly worded message of support the Comcast writers wanting WGA representation:

To Our Fellow Members,

“If the Writers Guild didn’t exist, we’d have to invent it.” — Legendary Hollywood executive Sid Sheinberg said that back in 1988

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Scott Buck Tapped As ‘Dexter’ Showrunner

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday December 16, 2010 @ 6:28pm PSTTags: Cable TV, Chip Johannessen, Dexter, Dexter Ratings, Dexter Season 6, Scott Buck, Showtime, Showtime Dexter, TV
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: There will be a change at the helm of Showtime’s flagship drama Dexter for its upcoming sixth season. The series’ executive producer Scott Buck has been named new showrunner. He will succeed Chip Johannessen, who ran the show last … Read More »

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TCA: Showtime’s ‘Dexter’ To Depart From The ‘One Bad Guy A Season’ Formula

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday July 29, 2010 @ 1:26pm PDTTags: Cable TV, Chip Johannessen, Dexter, John Lithgow, Julie Benz, Michael C. Hall, TCA, TV
Nellie Andreeva

The cancer theme from Showtime’s C Word panel carried over to the Dexter panel where star Michael C. Hall was asked about his  treatment for the disease. The actor, now back at work on Season 5, answered like a consummate professional: ”I was thankful that the hiatus managed to coincide with … Read More »

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